All the pressure is on Levadia before Tallinna Kalev game

The hosts Tallinna Kalev saw competitive action as recent as four days ago, playing in the Meistriliiga. Thankfully the previous game, versus Nõmme Kalju, was also a home game here at Kalevi Keskstaadioni kunstmuru. The away team is better rested.

Levadia play their home games on grass, while this game is played on artificial turf. Recent stats for Levadia when playing on artificial turf are 3 wins, 1 draw and 7 defeats from eleven matches. They have scored 22 goals and conceded 17 times in these games. This is a match between teams from the same area, a local derby. The community is buzzing.

Tallinna Kalev form and stats

Tallinna Kalev's results here at Kalevi Keskstaadioni kunstmuru in the Meistriliiga have been very modest with 3 victories, 0 draws and 12 defeats.

The Tallinna Kalev fans got no joy from their last match, a Meistriliiga game also here at Kalevi Keskstaadioni kunstmuru: A 2-3 defeat against Nõmme Kalju (placed 4th). Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Nõmme Kalju (0-6).

No one expects the home team to get anything from this game. It's not often a home team are such massive outsiders as in this game. We've searched our database for matches where Tallinna Kalev had similar winning odds as today, and found nine games. In these, the hosts won 0, drew 1 and lost 8. Betting people looking at handicaps might be interested to know that Tallinna Kalev lost 6 similar games by at least two goals.

Tallinna Kalev have scored 11 league goals here from 15 matches, not a lot. Goals are flowing in at the wrong end for Tallinna Kalev with 37 goals conceded in these matches.

Levadia form and stats

Levadia's travelling support has been rewarded for their time and money so far this season, having witnessed Levadia, who have the most scored goals (88) in Meistriliiga, collect 34 points from their 15 away matches in the Meistriliiga. 11 victories and 1 draw have created these points (and only 3 defeats).

Levadia won their last game, 1-0 versus Trans played at home. Prior to that match, the Levadia manager V. Vassiljev faced defeat when travelling to Flora and losing 1-2.

Again, the away team are huge favourites in this match and any other result would be an upset. We checked our Tipsway database for earlier, recent games with Levadia given similar win odds in an away game. This check revealed 14 matches with 13 wins as expected, 1 draw and 0 surprise home wins. The favourites won 10 of these games by at least two goals.

Levadia create on average more than 2,5 goals per away game (in the league) all by themselves, having scored 38 goals in 15 travels. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (13 so far).

Head 2 Head

The two sides played each other earlier this season: Levadia - Tallinna Kalev 7-0. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's 0 Tallinna Kalev victories, 0 draws and 10 Levadia wins. 10 of these games ended with three goals or more, 0 matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

N. Andreev 11 goals / 1 assists

João Morelli 11 goals / 3 assists

M. Roosnupp 10 goals

Tallinna Kalev missing players

Levadia missing players